Slaughtering at Graves to Fulfill a Vow
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Some people in some Islamic countries slaughter animals at certain graves, saying, “We do not slaughter for the owner of the grave; rather, we are fulfilling a vow upon us, and we slaughter for Allah the Exalted.” What is said to such people?
Answer:
First, what do they slaughter at the grave except that they believe in it? And how do they slaughter at the grave? Even if they say, “We intend Allah,” I have not commanded you to intend [the grave]. The severity of the matter decreases, because sometimes in any place, whether it is long or short, you eat, or give charity, or make a sacrifice, or… truly, a place of slaughter, matters that are not a place of [unclear], and not a place of [unclear]. It is not a place of supplication. All of this is not permissible, because it is either shirk (associating partners with Allah), or a means to the means of shirk.
Honorable Shaykh! Some people in some Islamic countries slaughter animals at certain graves, saying, “We do not slaughter for the owner of the grave; rather, we are fulfilling a vow upon us, and we slaughter for Allah the Exalted.” What is said to such people?
Answer:
First, what do they slaughter at the grave except that they believe in it? And how do they slaughter at the grave? Even if they say, “We intend Allah,” I have not commanded you to intend [the grave]. The severity of the matter decreases, because sometimes in any place, whether it is long or short, you eat, or give charity, or make a sacrifice, or… truly, a place of slaughter, matters that are not a place of [unclear], and not a place of [unclear]. It is not a place of supplication. All of this is not permissible, because it is either shirk (associating partners with Allah), or a means to the means of shirk.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [14] — alfawzan.live (1:08:51)
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